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ArticleJournal of minimal access surgery

The effect of the body mass index on the short-term surgical outcomes of laparoscopic total gastrectomy: A propensity score-matched study.

Mamoru Miyasaka, Yuma Ebihara, Kimitaka Tanaka, Yoshitsugu Nakanishi, Toshimichi Asano, Takehiro Noji, Yo Kurashima, Toru Nakamura, Soichi Murakami, Takahiro Tsuchikawa and 8 more

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18 authors.

Mamoru MiyasakaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Yuma EbiharaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Kimitaka TanakaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Yoshitsugu NakanishiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Toshimichi AsanoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Takehiro NojiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Yo KurashimaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Toru NakamuraDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Soichi MurakamiDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Takahiro TsuchikawaDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Keisuke OkamuraDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Toshiaki ShichinoheDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.
Yoshihiro MurakamiDepartment of Surgery, Asahikawa City Hospital, Asahikawa, Japan.
Katsuhiko MurakawaDepartment of Surgery, Obihiro-Kosei General Hospital, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan.
Fumitaka NakamuraDepartment of Surgery, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
Takayuki MoritaDepartment of Surgery, Hokkaido Gastroenterology Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Shunichi OkushibaDepartment of Surgery, Tonan Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Satoshi HiranoDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery II, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Asahikawa, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to evaluate the relationship between the body mass index (BMI) and the short-term outcomes of laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG). SUBJECTS AND

methodsData of patients who underwent LTG for gastric cancer at six institutions between 2004 and 2018 were retrospectively collected. The patients were classified into three groups: low BMI (<18.5 kg/m

resultsA total of 82 patients were matched in the analysis of the low BMI and normal BMI groups. There were no differences in operative time (P = 0.693), blood loss (P = 0.150), post-operative complication (P = 0.762) and post-operative hospital stay (P = 0.448). In the analysis of the normal BMI and high BMI groups, 208 patients were matched. There were also no differences in blood loss (P = 0.377), post-operative complication (P = 0.249) and post-operative hospital stay (P = 0.676). However, the operative time was significantly longer in the high BMI group (P = 0.023).

conclusionsDespite the association with a longer operative time in the high BMI group, BMI had no significant effect on the surgical outcomes of LTG. LTG could be performed safely regardless of BMI.

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Body mass indexlaparoscopic total gastrectomypropensity score matchingsurgical outcome

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PMID32978353
PMCPMC7597878

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